Finding Mars /
Finding Mars is an interwoven tale of science, travel, and adventure, as science writer Ned Rozell accompanies permafrost researcher-and inveterate wanderer-Kenji Yoshikawa on a 750-mile trek by snowmobile through the Alaska wilderness. Along the way, Rozell learns about Yoshikawa's fascinating...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Fairbanks, AK :
University of Alaska Press,
©2011.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | Finding Mars is an interwoven tale of science, travel, and adventure, as science writer Ned Rozell accompanies permafrost researcher-and inveterate wanderer-Kenji Yoshikawa on a 750-mile trek by snowmobile through the Alaska wilderness. Along the way, Rozell learns about Yoshikawa's fascinating life, from his boyhood in Tokyo to the youthful wanderlust that led him to push a wheeled cart across the Sahara, ski to the South Pole, and take a sailboat into the frozen reaches of the Arctic Ocean, spending a winter frozen in the ice near Barrow. It's an always on-the-move account of a man driven n. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 188 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781602231238 1602231230 |